Tenth
עֲשִׂירִיStrong’s H6224asiri (a-si-ri)
Appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Asiri is the Hebrew word usually translated “tenth” and “tenth of”. It appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.”
Meaning
- Ordinal numbera tenth
How it's translated
- tenth 13
- the tenth 6
- tenth of 4
- in the tenth 3
- and tenth of 2
- a tenth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 4
- Ezekiel 4
- Leviticus 3
- Numbers 3
- Jeremiah 3
- Deuteronomy 2
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 8:5And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
- Exodus 16:36Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
- Leviticus 5:11But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 6:20This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.
- Leviticus 27:32And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
- Numbers 5:15Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
Hebrew dictionary
עֲשִׂירִי asiri · tenth
1) ordinal number 1a) a tenth
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tenth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TENTH, adjective
[from ten.]
The ordinal of ten; the first after the ninth.
All definitions and other forms of “tenth”
TENTH, noun
The tenth part.
- Tithe; the tenth part of annual produce or increase.
- In music, the octave of the third; an interval comprehending nine conjoint degrees, or ten sounds, diatonically divided.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.